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blakemichael073@gmail.com writes:
>  I have watched the thread on "Why isn't Ada more popular" and thought
> that I would give my perspective. Trying to learn to use Ada without
> the assistance of someone experienced is hard.

This won't be a popular viewpoint here but IMHO Ada isn't a great choice
as a first language.  It's designed to help deal with the problems of
writing and maintaining very large code bases.  But there is a lot of
overhead in the features it supplies for that.

If you want to start playing with microcontrollers with minimal fuss, I
suggest getting a CircuitPython board, plugging it into your PC and
playing with it for a while.  This should be a good one to start with:

   https://www.adafruit.com/product/3727

There are lots of other models too:

  https://www.adafruit.com/category/957

Worry about Ada once you're more concerned about large-scale
engineering, performance, etc.  Start out with something simple for
playing around with, and by the time you hit its limits, you'll have
enough experience that Ada will make more sense to you than it currently
does.